Original Features

Nakami Townsell is currently a 2nd grade teacher and the director of the 21st Century Community Learning Center at Southview Elementary School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She has been an educator for 18 years and loves every minute of it.

Harrison Taylor was Tuscaloosa's first Black city council president for 12 years. He also was a foot soldier in the civil rights movement of 1963-1964.

John Lewis was a great Alabamian and national treasure. The late congressman actively fought for civil and equal rights from 1960 until his recent death in July of 2020.

Dr. Hilary Green is a well-respected educator and activist at UA. She is known for her in depth Hallowed Grounds tour around campus highlighting UA's dark past of slavery.

Essentially, a diaper bank operates similarly to a food bank and receives monetary or diaper donations then distributes the collected items to families in need.

Dinah Washington was known as one of the greatest female vocalist to have sung jazz and popular music in the 20th century. The star was also born right here in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

The long-awaited PJ’s Coffee and Rita’s Italian Ice combination on the Strip has finally set a date for its grand opening.

Because February is so much more than just Hollywood’s “dump month.”

The Mounted Unit, is a group of 13 civilian volunteers that train their personal horses to aid the sheriff’s department in search and rescue missions.

Get a move on.